For hospitals, health systems and foundations

Thanksgiving ecards for hospitals and health systems

Thanksgiving is a good moment to thank the donors, volunteers and physicians who make your care possible, with your hospital's name on it. These Thanksgiving ecards for hospitals are short animated cards with your logo, colors and words, sent by email to donors, volunteers, physicians, community partners and staff, and you see the finished card before you pay.

Make this yours Watch the card

No account until you pay. Communications approves it by link. One price for your whole list.

Since 2003

Customers whose cards we built

"We received numerous compliments from our card recipients..."

MacroGenics, Inc.

"...our supporters and partners look forward to seeing each year."

Stanford University Haas Center for Public Service

"Each year, both the staff and the recipients have loved their digital cards."

Daley And Associates, LLC

Made for a hospital

A Thanksgiving card that looks like your hospital

Type your hospital's website address and the card takes your brand colors and finds your logo. Or drop in a logo file and the colors are read from it. Then every line of text is yours: the greeting, the message, and whether it comes from the CEO, the foundation, the medical staff or the whole health system.

The result is a hospital Thanksgiving card that plays like a short film: your logo, your colors and your words, with music, full screen on a phone. On a Photo & Text design you can add your own photos. It plays on its own web page, and the email that carries it to your list is designed for you, with an animated or still graphic of the card. The demo on this page was set up for a hospital; press Make this yours and the studio opens it, ready for your own logo.

Your hospital's brand

Type your hospital's website and the card takes your colors and finds your logo.

Approved before it goes out

A watermarked approval link that communications, the foundation or the CEO watches on a phone, with no account.

A thank-you, not an appeal

Every word is yours, signed from the CEO, the foundation, the medical staff or the whole hospital.

Ends with your links

Your website, your giving page or your volunteer sign-up, shown when the card finishes.

Your list stays yours

Send it yourself from your own email platform, and your donor list never leaves your system.

See who watched

The card's page shows how many people actually watched it, and sets no cookies on the people you send it to.

Three steps

How it works

1

Brand it

Pick a Thanksgiving design and type your hospital's website. Your logo and colors come in.

2

Approve it

Change the words, watch the finished card play, and send communications the approval link.

3

Send it

Pick your list size and buy. We send it, or you send it from your own email platform.

The catalog

Thanksgiving ecard designs for your hospital

The demo above is one of 25 Thanksgiving designs, and every one of them takes your hospital's logo, colors and words. Press Preview to watch one, or Customize to open it in the studio.

What to write in a hospital Thanksgiving message

Keep it short and about them. A good hospital Thanksgiving message names the people you are grateful for, says thank you, and wishes them a good holiday. It reads best without an appeal in it; the giving link can wait at the end of the card. Start from one of these and change any word.

To everyone on your list

"This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for everyone who cares for our community."

"Wishing you and your family a healthy and happy Thanksgiving."

To donors and volunteers

"To our donors, volunteers and care teams: thank you. Happy Thanksgiving from [hospital name]."

"Your time and your generosity made a difference here this year. We are grateful. Happy Thanksgiving."

To physicians and partners

"Thank you for your partnership in caring for our community this year. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at [hospital name]."

To your own staff

"To everyone who will be on shift this Thanksgiving, and everyone who was there all year: thank you."

Need more ideas for a thank you to our volunteers or donors? Fifty more messages are in our holiday card messages for business.

Ecard or printed card from the hospital?

Some foundations still mail printed thank-you cards to their largest donors. A healthcare Thanksgiving card sent by email reaches every donor, volunteer and member of staff on your list, at one price.

At a glance
Printed card
Thanksgiving ecard
Best for
The board and a short list of major donors
Donors, volunteers, physicians, partners and staff
Reaches
The mailing address on file, if it is current
Every inbox, including staff on every shift
Cost
Printing, postage and envelopes for each card
One price for the whole list
Approval
Proofs passed between departments
A link communications watches on a phone
Afterwards
No way to know who saw it
See how many people watched, and links to your website
A grandmother serving a roast turkey to her family at a candlelit table

Why Thanksgiving works for a hospital

A Thanksgiving card arrives before the December rush and before the year-end giving season, when inboxes are quieter and a thank-you reads as a thank-you. It carries no faith, only gratitude, so it suits every donor, volunteer and member of staff on the list. Many hospitals send a Thanksgiving thank-you to supporters and a holiday card in December; see the holiday designs.

Who should get your hospital's Thanksgiving card

  • Donors and foundation supporters, from first-time givers to your board.
  • Volunteers and auxiliary members.
  • Referring physicians and community partners: the practices, agencies and businesses you work with.
  • Your staff, on every floor and every shift.

A card holds one message, so many hospitals make two: a Thanksgiving message to donors and volunteers from the foundation, and one to staff and physicians from leadership. Copy the first card, change the words, and both live in the same account.

A doctor reading a folder handed to him by a nurse

Approved by communications before you pay

A card from a hospital usually needs a yes from communications, the foundation and the executive office. Press Send for approval and pass on the link. It shows the real, finished card with a watermark, has nothing to download, and needs no account, so a CEO or a chief medical officer can watch it on a phone between meetings.

When the card is approved, answer one question at checkout and the clean card is made in about one to two minutes. Nothing is bought until someone says yes.

Keep the card a greeting

A Thanksgiving card carries one greeting for everyone on your list, so nothing about anyone's health, care or visits belongs on it. Your hospital decides who receives it and every word it says. If you are unsure how your privacy policy treats a list, check with whoever looks after privacy at your hospital before you send.

Two nurses in green scrubs smiling with their arms crossed

A thank-you for the teams on shift

Hospitals do not close for Thanksgiving. Many of your nurses, physicians and support staff will spend the holiday at work, which makes a Thanksgiving message to staff one of the most read cards you send all year. Sign it from the CEO or the whole leadership team, and say thank you plainly.

Your donor list stays in your hands

There are two ways to send, at the same price.

  • Send it yourself. We design the email; you send it from Outlook, Mailchimp, Constant Contact or another provider. Your donor and staff lists never leave your own system.
  • We send it. Import your list and every address is checked before the send. Unsubscribes are handled for you, permanently, and you get a report afterward.

Either way, the email is designed and tested to render as widely as possible, and the card's own page sets no cookies on the people you send it to and is kept out of search engines. How each way works · Privacy.

A large hospital among trees, seen from the air at sunset

When to send a hospital Thanksgiving card

US Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26, 2026. Send it the week before, Monday to Wednesday, when it lands in an inbox people are reading rather than a long weekend. If we send it, you can schedule it ahead of time. A card to staff can go out on the day itself.

Want readers to have somewhere to go next? Add your giving page, your volunteer sign-up or your foundation's news as the card's ending links, the row of links shown when the card finishes. The card's page stays live after you send it, and another send extends it.

How many people will this card reach?

People you send to Price (USD)
0 to 500 people $99
501 to 1,000 people $249
1,001 to 2,500 people $399
2,501 to 5,000 people $599
5,001 to 10,000 people $899
10,001 to 20,000 people $1,499
20,001 to 30,000 people $2,099
30,001 to 40,000 people $2,699
40,001 to 50,000 people $3,299
50,000+ people Get a quote

Prices in US dollars. One purchase per card. There is no subscription and nothing to renew.

Start your card, pay when it's finished

Included at every size

  • Your card, finished and watermark-free
  • Its own web page, live for 60 days
  • The video, to download
  • An email designed to carry it
  • Sending by us, or a ready-made email for your own provider
  • Delivery reports when we send it

Questions hospitals ask

Yes. Any office can build the card and send it to its own list.
US Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26. The week before, Monday to Wednesday, is a good time; a card to staff can go out on the day.
Two or three sentences: who you are grateful for, a thank-you, and a wish for the holiday. Sample lines for donors, volunteers, physicians and staff are on this page.
Yes. Send the preview link; they watch the real card, watermarked, with no account.
Yes. Add your giving page to the card's ending links, the row of links shown when the card finishes.
Anything about a person's health, care or visits. A Thanksgiving card is one greeting for everyone on the list, and your hospital decides every word on it.
Donors and foundation supporters, volunteers, referring physicians, community partners and your staff. Many hospitals make a second card for staff.
If you send it yourself, yes: we design the email and you send it from your own provider, so the list never leaves your system. If we send it, you import the list and every address is checked before the send.
Your choice: we send it to your list, or you send it from your own email platform with a ready-made email.
Yes. When the card finishes, it shows a row of links you choose: your website, other pages of yours, and your social accounts.
60 days from the later of your purchase and your last send, and another send extends it.

All questions

Your hospital's Thanksgiving card, approved before you pay

Start from the demo, or pick any Thanksgiving design.

Make this yours Start your Thanksgiving card

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